Updated Guidance to the European Data Governance Act

• Published in: Pharmaceutical technology Europe 2022-11, Vol.34 (11), p.8-9
• Main Author: Piachaud-Moustakis, Bianca
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Access to information; Altruism; Biometrics; Confidentiality; Consent; General Data Protection Regulation; Information sharing; Intellectual property; Personal information; Privacy; Public sector
• ISSN: 1753-7967

The aim of the law is to create a single European market for data, while seeking to increase trust in data sharing by companies, individuals, and the public sector as well as strengthen mechanisms to increase data availability and overcome technical obstacles to reuse data. The proposed DGA therefore aims to: * facilitate the sharing of data between companies (B2B) and with consumers (B2C) * re-use public sector data subject to the rights of others * facilitate the switching of data processing services (cloud and edge computing) * provide for the development of interoperability standards for data and its re-use across sectors * put in place safeguards against unlawful access to non-personal data in the cloud by third country governments. The DGA also supports the establishment and development of common European data spaces in strategic domains that involve both private and public players, in sectors such as health, environment, energy, agriculture, mobility, finance, manufacturing, public administration, and skills.